Tag Archives: San Francisco

Recipe: Jacqueline’s Rice-A-Roni

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

Jacqueline, the granddaughter-in-law of the originator of Rice-A-Roni, makes this rendition for family gatherings. She starts with rice and vermicelli, but I wanted to try it with the actual product. Serves 4. Ingredient: 1 package Rice-A-Roni, chicken flavor 1/4 c … Continue reading →

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My Royal Feast

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

On a recent visit to the Bay Area I enjoyed as good a meal of its type as I’m ever likely to experience. My Chowhound friend Melanie Wong has been tracking Chef Zhongyi Liu, a Beijing-trained chef who once represented … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Omnivore Books

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

I’ve pretty much stopped buying new cookbooks in physical form. They’re hard to schlep around, inconvenient to refer to while you’re cooking, and it’s a tragedy when you splash hot grease on your favorite photo. My growing Kindle library is … Continue reading →

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ISO Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco Treat

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

I had disdain for Rice-A-Roni when I lived in San Francisco. How dare they put a cable car on their box and pound our ears with a jingle that called it “the San Francisco Treat”? I equated the packaged mix … Continue reading →

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Cannabis edibles at Fancy Food Show

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

No, there weren’t actually any cannabis edibles on the floor at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. But it would have been easy enough for a show attendee to investigate one of the newly legal recreational cannabis outlets, … Continue reading →

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Hot and not at the Winter 2018 Fancy Food Show

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

There were several clear trends at the just-concluded Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. Coconut water and other coconut vehicles continued their march to world domination. Artisanal salt was big. There were 20 booths offering small-batch ice cream flavors, a … Continue reading →

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4505 Chicharrones are melting in my mouth

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

Anybody who visited the old 4505 Meats stall at the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers Market knows the addictive power of their chicarrones, or fried pork skins. If you do the prep work right, these literally melt-in-your-mouth treats are surprisingly … Continue reading →

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How Spark Social solves the food truck problem

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

I’ve eaten at a lot of food trucks. Individual roach coaches, of course, but also renowned food truck gardens in Austin, at San Francisco’s Off the Grid and Sundays in the Presidio, and various food truck rodeos in New York’s … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Digger Bread

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Burnt My Fingers

Welcome to the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love in San Francisco. The other day I drove past the Panhandle, a mile long grassy strip where the Diggers gave away bread to keep people nourished while they were grooving. … Continue reading →

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Rainier Ale discontinued? Alas, it’s true.

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Burnt My Fingers

The Green Death is dead. Rainier Ale has been discontinued. I learned this the hard way, by searching for retail sources on my last visit to San Francisco and retrieving a map that was completely blank. I emailed Pabst Brewing, which now … Continue reading →

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